Building Systemic Change: Frontline Women-Led Solutions for Climate Justice – WECAN CSW66 Parallel Event

During this event Indigenous, Black, Brown, and frontline women leaders and global advocates will address multiple interlocking crises, and present a diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks and strategies based in a climate justice framework, including forest and biodiversity protection, Indigenous rights, food sovereignty, protection of women land defenders, and community-led solutions. The voices, analysis and leadership of global women, feminist and gender diverse leaders are critical to the years ahead, as we work collectively and urgently to build the resilient and just future we know is possible.

Speakers include:
— Neema Namadamu, Founder, Synergy of Congolese Women’s Associations (SAFECO), and WECAN Democratic Republic of Congo Coordinator, Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Monique Verdin (Houma Nation), Director, The Land Memory Bank & Seed Exchange, and WECAN Indigenous Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator, USA
– Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project, USA
– Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Lubicon Cree), Director of Healing Justice, Indigenous Climate Action, and Founder, Sacred Earth Solar, Canada
– Helena Gualinga (Kichwa), Environmental and Indigenous Rights Defender, WECAN Young Women Project Lead, Ecuador
–Moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director, USA.